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Judge Asks for Death Penalty against 2 Lebanese Terrorists

Military Examining Magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan asked on Tuesday for the death penalty against two Lebanese detainees for belonging to a terrorist organization, the state-run National News Agency reported.

According to NNA, Sawan said in his indictment that Qawsi Moussa and Hussein Berri should be executed for belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The judge accused them of plotting terrorist attacks, killing and attempting to murder soldiers in operations in the area of Wadi Khaled in the northern district of Akkar, the agency said.

Sawan issued arrest warrants against them and referred them to the permanent military court for trial, NNA added.

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